Maison Martin Margiela was founded by the Belgian Fashion designer Martin Margiela. He is considered an honorary member of the Antwerp Six, which was an Avant-Garde fashion collective at the Royal Academy of Antwerp. Margiela was inspired by deconstructive fashions of Japanese designer Rei Kawakubo, the creator of the label Comme Des Garcons. This influence rooted a deep passion in Margiela to deconstruct and reconstruct clothing in his won way. He played with mixing and matching pieces from different garments of clothing that used unique fabrics to create interesting shapes. He also would take existing garments and move pieces around, completely distorting how the piece looks, while still being wearable. Margiela always stayed true to his avant-garde roots until he departed from the label in 2008. Within recent year, the label has managed to stay true to its past while professing into the future.
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